Silents and Strings - Chamber and symphonic music with classic silent film

The small town movie house may have had its Wurlitzer, but when a new silent film made its debut in a town with a local orchestra, a complete score was often performed by chamber orchestras and symphonies.

Experience this bygone elegance and storytelling with performances of some of American’s favorite silent film classics.

Silents and Strings offers presenters and music organizations a variety of options for an enchanting and fresh experience of silent film and string performance:

Film and with music by the Silents and Strings chamber ensemble. Selected by film series, silent film audiences or chamber music series programs.
Film and music by professional orchestra. Ideal for family and special programming for established orchestras.
Select scores and films for youth orchestra.

All programming alternatives create engaging opportunities for media interviews, school outreach programs, and audience education events.
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The Artist

Maria Newman: Orchestral and chamber music scores for Silents and Strings are composed by Maria Newman.
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For booking and availability, please contact
Kathleen M. Hosfeld
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What They're Saying

"1999 Performance of What The Daisy Said. "The effect was unexpected -- a divertissement, clever and engaging. Newman's score told the tale well and seamlessly.""
— RM Campbell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"Malibu Film Society has received an extremely enthusiastic response to our upcoming screening of “Daddy Long Legs,” featuring a live orchestra performing Maria Newman’s original score. Everyone’s extremely excited as it’s definitely going to be one of the highlights of our film series, the perfect way to celebrate the holidays as we close out our Fall season in December."
— Scott Tallal, Executive Director